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Molecular Machinery for Vasotocin-Dependent Transepithelial Water Movement in Amphibians: Aquaporins and Evolution by SUZUKI, MASAKAZU, SHIBATA, YUKI, OGUSHI, YUJI, OKADA, REIKO

“…Amphibians represent the first vertebrates to adapt to terrestrial environments, and are successfully distributed around the world. The ventral skin, kidney,…”
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Amphibian aquaporins and adaptation to terrestrial environments: A review by Suzuki, Masakazu, Hasegawa, Takahiro, Ogushi, Yuji, Tanaka, Shigeyasu

“…In many anurans, the pelvic patch of the ventral skin and the urinary bladder are important osmoregulatory organs. Since the discovery of water channel…”
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Novel Vasotocin-Regulated Aquaporins Expressed in the Ventral Skin of Semiaquatic Anuran Amphibians: Evolution of Cutaneous Water-Absorbing Mechanisms by Saitoh, Yasunori, Ogushi, Yuji, Shibata, Yuki, Okada, Reiko, Tanaka, Shigeyasu, Suzuki, Masakazu

“…Until now, it was believed that only one form of arginine vasotocin (AVT)-regulated aquaporin (AQP) existed to control water absorption from the ventral skin…”
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Water Adaptation Strategy in Anuran Amphibians: Molecular Diversity of Aquaporin by Ogushi, Yuji, Akabane, Gen, Hasegawa, Takahiro, Mochida, Hiroshi, Matsuda, Manabu, Suzuki, Masakazu, Tanaka, Shigeyasu

“…Most adult anuran amphibians except for the aquatic species absorb water across the ventral pelvic skin and reabsorb it from urine in the urinary bladder. Many…”
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The water-absorption region of ventral skin of several semiterrestrial and aquatic anuran amphibians identified by aquaporins by Ogushi, Yuji, Tsuzuki, Azumi, Sato, Megumi, Mochida, Hiroshi, Okada, Reiko, Suzuki, Masakazu, Hillyard, Stanley D, Tanaka, Shigeyasu

“…Regions of specialization for water absorption across the skin of Bufonid and Ranid anurans were identified by immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis,…”
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Expression of a mammalian aquaporin 3 homolog in the anterior pituitary gonadotrophs of the tree frog, Hyla japonica by Sato, Megumi, Nakakura, Takashi, Ogushi, Yuji, Akabane, Gen, Kurabuchi, Shingo, Suzuki, Masakazu, Tanaka, Shigeyasu

“…Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of water channel proteins that play a major role in maintaining water homeostasis in various organisms. Several AQPs have been…”
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Gene cloning and expression of an aquaporin (AQP-h3BL) in the basolateral membrane of water-permeable epithelial cells in osmoregulatory organs of the tree frog by Akabane, Gen, Ogushi, Yuji, Hasegawa, Takahiro, Suzuki, Masakazu, Tanaka, Shigeyasu

“…An aquaporin (Hyla AQP-h3BL), consisting of 292 amino acid residues, has been cloned from the urinary bladder of Hyla japonica. In a swelling assay using…”
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Molecular and cellular characterization of urinary bladder-type aquaporin in Xenopus laevis by Shibata, Yuki, Katayama, Izumi, Nakakura, Takashi, Ogushi, Yuji, Okada, Reiko, Tanaka, Shigeyasu, Suzuki, Masakazu

“…Highlights • We first identified urinary bladder-type AQPa2, AQP-x2, in the aquatic anurans. • AQP-x2 was localized to the cytoplasm of granular cells in the…”
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Immunocytochemical and Phylogenetic Analyses of an Arginine Vasotocin-Dependent Aquaporin, AQP-h2K, Specifically Expressed in the Kidney of the Tree Frog, Hyla japonica by Ogushi, Yuji, Mochida, Hiroshi, Nakakura, Takashi, Suzuki, Masakazu, Tanaka, Shigeyasu

“…Water movement occurs across the plasma membrane of various cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms through specialized water-channel proteins called…”
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